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Genus: Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Nesipelma medium Chamberlin, 1917

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001979

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Described:

Distribution: St. Kitts and Nevis (St. Kitts)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (29968) - (Sherwood et al., 2020)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m 1f (29965, 29970) - (Sherwood et al., 2020)

Taxonomic References

Cyrtopholis medius Chamberlin, 1917: 37, pl. 2, f. 4-6 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtopholis medius Smith, 1986b: 81, f. 32h (m)

Cyrtopholis medius Smith, 1987d: 81, f. 32h (m)

Nesipelma media Sherwood et al., 2020: 465 (T from Cyrtopholis)

References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Gabriel, R. & Lucas, S. M. (2020). Redescription of Nesipelma insulare Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 with a revised generic diagnosis for Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 and a transfer from Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(5): 462-467. doi: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.462 -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-06-15	Species updated		Old value	Species epithet corrected
2020-06-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2020
2020-06-15	Species transferred to new genus	Sherwood et al., 2020		Species transferred from Cyrtopholis to Nesipelma